Tuesday, December 18, 2012

See that little blue dot?

See it, at the 10 o'clock position just outside the brightest inner ring? That's us. That's Earth, as seen from behind Saturn.

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The image was taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it passed through Saturn's enormous shadow -- a 12-hour journey.

Story, more pix:
http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=2230

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